Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon, To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone), To engage in or commit robbery, transitive verb_ To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from, To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud, To steal from, especially using force or violence, verb_ rip off; ask an unreasonable price, take something away by force or without the consent of the owner